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title: 'Speech Regarding the Impact of Slavery on Universal Peace'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1844-08-29
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'War and Peace'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 2'
- 'Isaiah 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pennington-1844-speech-regarding-the-impact-of-slavery-on-universal-peace
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# Speech Regarding the Impact of Slavery on Universal Peace

Rev. J.W.C. Pennington, an escaped slave and Presbyterian minister, urged clergy to champion universal peace and abolition, linking slavery to war and calling for moral courage.

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